DNA Unit Flashcards
DNA
The molecule of Heredity
DNA has ___ nucleotides in each
3 billion
DNA stands for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Deoxyribonucleicacid
A sugar
Phosphate group
Nitrogen Base
Double Helix
Shape of the DNA looks like a twisted ladder
Founder of DNA
James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins
4 nitrogen bases
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
What compliments Adenine
Thymine
What compliments Guanine
Cytosine
What compliments Cytosine
Guanine
What compliments Adenine
Thymine
Adenine and Guanine are
Purines
Cytosine and Thymine are
Pyrimidines
Replication of DNA
DNA unzips into basic pairs
Nucleic acid
A ploymer of nucleotides that transports genetic information
Sugar Phosphate Backbone
Description of the outside part of a strand of DNA
Adenine how many rings
2
Guanine how many rings
2 rings
Thymine how many rings
1
Cytosine how many rings
1
How many rings are in a A&T pair
3
How many rings are in a G&C pair
3
Sides of a double helix is made of
Sugar and phosphate groups
Whats holds bases together (A&T AND G&C)
Hydrogen bonds